Ahead of her upcoming headline To Survive Australia Tour, Liz Stringer has revealed the local charities she’ll be supporting at each show. Representatives from these organisations will attend the concerts, and audience members will have the chance to donate directly throughout the evening via QR codes displayed around the venues. Donations and further information about all charity partners are already available on the To Survive Tour landing page on Liz’s website.
Speaking on the partnerships, Stringer shares; “I’m incredibly proud to be working with these support groups who do such vital work to support individuals and families who are doing it tough in our communities across the country. This tour is a way to not only raise badly needed funds to assist their ongoing work, but also to show our care for everyone in our towns and cities who are suffering as a result of an increasingly inequitable economic situation, driven in large part by the Australian housing crisis.”
The London-based, venerated Australian artist is gearing up for the 17-date national tour in support of her critically acclaimed seventh studio album The Second High, which was released earlier this year via Dot Dash Recordings.
Off the back of the London album launch, Stringer is set to return to home soil for an extended run of shows beginning in October. Presented by Double J, Select Music, Remote Control Records and in partnership with Wombat Housing Support Services, the To Survive Tour will also act as a campaign to bring awareness to the housing crisis affecting the country and raise much-needed funds for Australia’s most vulnerable. Audiences will be given the opportunity to donate their chosen amount to a local community support organisation using QR codes at each show, to which Liz will also donate personally.
A long-time advocate for social equity, Liz began to use her platform to highlight the issues faced by young and underprivileged people experiencing housing instability and sleeping rough in Australia after a successful fundraising show for Wombat at Melbourne’s Thornbury Theatre in late 2021. A renowned storyteller, one of the tracks on Liz’s new record The Second High documents the real-life story of one of the inspirational staff at Wombat. The soaring, anthemic ‘To Survive’ tells a compelling, visceral tale of a young man’s struggle growing up on the streets of Melbourne, and strength and resilience of the community he represents.
A fitting title, then, for a tour that also celebrates one of Liz’s most triumphant albums to date, and will no doubt offer the unique catharsis – along with addictive grooves, expert arrangements and musical and vocal prowess that fans of her music and live performance have come to relish and anticipate.
Under one roof to support those with none.
Purchase tickets for To Survive Tour here / donate to the local charities here.
Listen / download The Second High here.
Liz Stringer To Survive Australian Tour Dates:
Presented by Double J, Select Music, Remote Control Records and Wombat Housing Support Services
31st Oct – Water Tank Cafe, Alice Springs, NT w/ Bubalo and Jami Ashenden / Charity partner TBA
1st Nov – GYRACC, Katherine, NT w/ Leah Flanagan / Charity partner TBA
5th Nov – Railway Club, Darwin, NT w/ Alice Cotton / Charity partner TBA
7th Nov – Lyric’s Underground, Perth, WA w/ Kiera Jas / Supporting Perth Homeless Support Group
8th Nov – Lion Arts Factor, Adelaide, SA w/ Naomi Keyte / Supporting Hutt St Centre
9th Nov – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA w/ Tara Coates / Supporting Hutt St Centre
14th Nov – M.O.T.H., Flinders, VIC w/ Natasha Kate / Supporting Southern Peninsula Community Support
16th Nov – Sound Doctor, Anglesea, VIC w/ KYARNA / Supporting Anglesea Community House (Foodlink) – SOLD OUT
21st Nov – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC w/ Maeve Grieve and KYARNA / Supporting Wombat Housing and Support Services
23rd Nov – Theatre Royal (All Ages), Castlemaine, VIC w/ Blue Ren and Hemlock Wilde / Supporting Dhelkaya Health
27th Nov – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD w/ KYARNA / Supporting Signal Flare
28th Nov – Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads, NSW w/ KYARNA / Supporting Bruns Brekkie
29th Nov – Bowraville Theatre, Bowraville NSW w/ Maddi O’Brien / Supporting Nambucca Youthie
5th Dec – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW w/ KYARNA & Magpie Diaries / Supporting Soul Hub
6th Dec – Mary’s Underground, Sydney, NSW w/ KYARNA / Supporting Will2Live
12th Dec – Old Stone Hall, Beechworth, VIC / Supporting Quercus Beechworth
13th Dec – Meeniyan Hall, Meeniyan VIC w/ KYARNA / Supporting Manna Gum Community House
Tickets on sale via: https://www.lizstringer.
